Oh OK, whew!

BPPLEE said:

Yes, the point was to negate Shirley's claims, not to find the truth.

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They were checking the truth of Shirley's claims - something for which there is a genuine community need, given the threats and harassment being reported by many daycare facilities in the area (including those not even mentioned - probably because many daycares have similar-sounding names). The hunger for instant gratification in everything is a genuine problem in our society - it leads people to jump on the first information that they see and deem it truth, and it results in people like you complaining when investigations take more than just a few hours. You used to be a cop - I know you know that real investigative work takes time.

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Having a license doesn't mean that no fraud occurred

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I never said that it did. But it (and the fact that these facilities have all been subjected to unannounced inspections relatively recently, and the fact that the one facility they got to agree to them coming had children there) does suggest that the claim that the facilities had no children at them was a lie. Which is the only claim that I was trying to debunk by posting that article (because that was the only claim made in the post I was responding to).

Cosmic Charlie said:

Couple of things:

1) Historically, the break between Orthodox and Catholic seems to have more to do with the Western Church being unable to come to grips with a mystical view of itself. What I mean by this is that the Western Church simply couldn't figure out how to fit the unexplainable into a framework it was comfortable with.

What really cause the problem that caused the schism with the concept of the Trinity.

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If you understood what Rome's influence on Ephasus I and Chalcedon was, you would never make this statement.

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United, the two churches could create a more vibrant theology than either has.

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The East has always been welcome to return.

They also have a major water crisis, with a possibility of zero hour for water supply in Tehran, which has a population of nearly 10 million people.

There has even been discussion of evacuations but not much detail about where the people would go.

Instead of looking after their own people first, the ruling regime has devoted an absurd portion of their resources on the military and their "Islamic revolution".

The chickens are coming home to roost.

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Yeah, everybody should just get free stuff all the time and br as irresponsible as they want.

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Did somebody say that, or did you just make it up?

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Bible scholars like John MacArthur, David Jermiah, Hal Lindsey, and a host of others are an abomination to the Lord because they attribute this to the APOSTATE Church and esp. Catholicism. (There is no such thing as the apostate Church) They demonized God's Church and Christians have fallen for it because Christians believe these EXPERTS. They think they're the ones in the KNOW so they accept their teachings line, hook, and sinker.

"The secret power of lawlessness; the lawless one; whom the Lord Jesus will destroy; counterfeit signs, miracles, and wonders; every sort of evil that deceives those who "are perishing" who refuse to love the truth and so be saved; and delight in wickedness; and God sends them powerful delusion so that they will believe a lie!"

Does the passage sound like the Church? Why would God send His own Christians powerful delusion? to attribute this to the end-time church is blasphemy and say's nothing good about the power of God's Holy Spirit whom He says He will pour out in the last days! To teach that this is the kind of thing God's church will support in the last day's is blasphemy. Why would anybody want to convert to Christ knowing that the church teaches it goes bad, accepts and produces the man of sin, becomes an end-time harlot. This is self-demonization.

Vambram said:

Here Are The 10 Biggest Media Hoaxes Of 2025

In no particular order, here are the biggest hoaxes run by our truth-deprived media throughout the past year.

thefederalist.com

For anyone who’s paid attention to their coverage of the 2025 “news” cycle, it’s not hard to see why. From running cover for leftist violence to gaslighting Americans about their role in the cover-up over Joe Biden’s ailing health, the corporate media’s bid to hide the truth was nothing short of remarkable.

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Biden's health? That's soooo 2024. Biden was an irrelevant loser in 2025. Try to keep your hoaxes up to date.

Oh look, the rest of the list looks heavily biased. So, it's only a top 10 list if you're MAGA. Well, I'm sure the MAGA fans will enjoy it. Lemme just read through it over dinner.

Oompa Loompa said:

Note. Quid Pro Quo sexual favors for career elevation is now encouraged by democrats. WOW! What a twist.

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What is a crime though, is you interpreting my post as this garbage. Grow up!

Macchiato said:

Im entering quarter 3 of nursing soon and i feel mentally im unravelling.

Im scared of medication bc i dont want to deal with lethargy when i have assignments do, flat emotions when i have to be around people all day and just trying to adjust to meds.

I feel my panick attacks are coming back. I cant sleep tonight and i worry so much.

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What helps me when I have anxiety or worry is to just ask "Is this thought helpful?"
If it's not I put it out of mind, and worrying is never helpful

ViaCrucis said:

No. The Bible doesn't say anything about nuclear weapons.

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Like anything else, people believe what they want and offer no alternative. You tell me what this is!

Wouldn't God approve of whatever is good? Looking at the state of this planet and its inhabitants, I think it's obvious we have no business messing up another planet. No, God does not approve. I don't see the mystery here, and appealing to scripture as if it is a mystery, when the obvious is slapping us in the face, is ignorant.

JohnB445 said:

And what does the Bible say about this?

A guilty until proven innocent justice system would ensure all criminals are convicted, but at the expense of the innocent also getting convicted too. our current system tries to avoid this by making sure innocents don't get convicted at the expense that criminals walk free.

Do you think a guilty until proven innocent system could work better and make society safer?

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Unfortunately, we already have that system. Once a person is in the system the perception of guilt is already there. So its a matter of proving the person is innocent. In my opinion, innocent until proven guilty does not exist.
Just my thoughts on the matter.

samaus123456789 said:

Proto James does not promote Islam lol. Proto James has nothing that contradicts things in the normal NT. Proto James oldest manuscripts are 300 AD that is only 290 or so years between internal date. I never set the standard you said. There is nothing novel in gospel of Barnabas Muslims took bits, and pieces from the NT claimed Barnabas said it then added all their Muslim stuff saying Jesus was not the messiah. It is Muslim pseudepigrapha not Christian pseudepigrapha. Your best argument is to use ascension of Isaiah which appears to have Christian interpolations making some parts pseudepigrapha.

You have the burden of proof to prove proto james which has manuscripts from 1700 years ago was not written when it says which was only around 300 years prior to the oldest manuscript.

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The burden of proof always rests on the one making a positive claim. And "the text claims to be written by so-and-so" is not sufficient. I showed an example of a text that does that, and you even seem to agree that said text wasn't written by who it claims to be.

It appears to me that the only evidence you really are giving is your own intuition and opinion--which isn't evidence. Why should I ignore the historic witness of the Church and the opinions of thousands of learned scholars and just follow what you say?

The burden of proof remains on you.

I adore lions. Hence my profile picture of a white lioness staring back at you.

I think we should strive to love all of God's creatures.

But I love all sorts of animals, which brings the question to you now:

Do you have a favorite animal? Or do you love way too many (like me)?

JacquelineDeane55 said:

Why does OP believe in Astrology? As the other guy said, its complete and utter nonsense. Also it is forbidden in the Bible to practice it.

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Hello Jacqueline
As for me, i never built hypothesis in relation with astrology. I simply observe some people do, and concluded the belief in astrology exists, even if i don't believe in astrology myself.
Indeed, it's just that i can't ignore these persons believe in astrology (or other pagan beliefs), nor did Jesus ignore them, i suppose.
i assume he subsequently had to struggle against the belief of astrology's disciples, and may be against other pagan beliefs

DragonFox91 said:

It's strange b/c I knew I was one when I was young, but nowadays I see young children claiming to be Christians, & it's like, 'you're way too young to truly know.' Some people fall away when they get older. I suspect many times they were just following the crowd when they were a child. Is that taught to them what being a Christian really is, I wonder, it's not easy & it has to be their own.

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I suspect that if we could peer into the hearts and minds of adult believers, we'd discover many don't really put a lot of thought into what they believe--they believe because it's what their parents believed, because it's what their church believes, because it's what their pastor believes.

Does that make it any less real?

Is salvation about forging our own path and being able to competently pass a theology exam?

Or is salvation about a Jewish Carpenter from Nazareth who was nailed to a cross for you and me, and who rose again, and even a faith the size of a grain of mustard can move mountains?

# 1 WHERE OF /// HOS is a RELATIVE PRONOUN. in. the GENITIVE CASE in. the SIGNULAR

# 2 I /// EGO is a PERSONAL POSSESSETIVE PRONOUN. in. the NOMINATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 3. AM MADE. /// GINOMAI. in. the AORIST TENSE. in. the MIDDLE VOICE in. the INDICATIVE MOOD , just means you better believe it

in. the SIGNULAR

# 4 A MINISTER. /// DIAKONOS. in. the NOMINATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 5 ACCORDING. TO ///. is a PREPOSTION

#6 THE /// HO in. the DEFINITE. ARTICLE. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 7 DISPENSATION. /// OIKONOMI. means the LAW of the HOUSE. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SIGNULAR

# 8. OF GOD ///. THEOS. in. the GENITIVE CASE. in. the SINGULAR

# 9. WHICH. ///. HO is a DEFINITE ARTICLE. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SIGNULAR

# 10. IS GIVEN. ///. DIDOMI. in. the AORIST TENSE in. the PASSIVE VOICE. is a PARTICIPLE. CASE. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE

in. the SINGULAR

# 11 TO ME ///. MOI is a PERSONAL POSSESSETIVE PRONOUN. in. the DATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 12. FOR. ///. EIS. is a PREPOSTION

# 13. TO FULFIL. ///. PIEROO. in. the AORIST TENSE in. the ACTIVE VOICE. means God is involved

# 14. THE /// HO is a DEFINITE ARTICLE. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SIGNGULAR

# 15 WORD. /// LOGOS. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR

# 16. OF GOD /// THEOS. in. the GENITIVE CASE in. the SIGNULAR.

# A IT just means that the 14 epistles that Paul wrote are. complete. which includes HEBREWS

# B. Only Paul explains How to be saved by GRACE in. Rom 9:9 and 10.

# C And Eph 2:8.

# D And Paul is the ONLY ONE that explains why the LAW HAD TO GO in Heb 9:18

# E And ACTS explains why Israel was set aside in ACTS 25-28 and also in ISA 6:1-18

# F AND salvation is ONLY BY GRACE , PERIOD. !!

# G And to be in the FAITH ,all better read Rom 16 :25 and 26

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Am I the only one who has a great life right now with no problems whatsoever who is in great health? Even my nightmares went away.

I am sorry you all are feeling this way. I will pray about it. There's too much illness and sickness going around.

Paleouss said:

Greetings to all and hope and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ.

My general question is, what does Genesis 6:4 actually say? In other words, does Genesis 6:4 present 3 subject groups or 4 subject groups? Here are the possible subject groups...

1. Nephilim (han-nə-p̄i-lîm)
2. sons of God (ḇə-nê- hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm)
3. daughters of man (bə-nō-wṯ hā-’ā-ḏām)
4. "and bore children to them"

After the presentation of the subject groups within Genesis 6:4, there is this statement (I provided various translations below)...

(Gen 6:4d KJV) "...the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown."
(Gen 6:4 ESV) "...These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown."
(Gen 6:4 NASB20) " Those were the mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown."

So the question is, to which subject group is this ending statement referring? Is it referring to subject group #1 or #4?

If you assert that subjects #1 and #4 are the same subject group, then please explain how this verse can be read where subjects #1 and #4 are the same entity because this is what appears to be happing within the verse...

A. The Nephilim are brought up as being on earth
B. A time reference it given to the reader in the form of an event and said the Nephilim are on earth at the same time as this event was happening.
C. Then the event is presented, the event consists of children who are born in the union of sons of God and daughters of men.

In other words the Nephilim are contrasted within the verse with subjects #2, #3, #4. Therefore, it doesn't appear that subject group #4 is the same as subject group #1.

So back to the original question...does this ending statement refer to subject group #1 or group #4?


Keep seeking God's truth as if it were hidden treasure (Prov 2)

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None of the four categories. They are the " fallen ones" , not fallen angels( mistakenly called sons of God) and not the offspring, ( mistakenly called the Nephilim) but those who denied the one true God when Noah preached and continually warned them. These were men not made in the image of God most likely Homo neanderthalensis that homo sapiens bore children with. They still exist hence " afterward ".

My unique take on the matter.

Be blessed.

Servus said:

You mean two lines taken out of context that you built your essay on? I actually listed to him deliver the entire sermon. That's why I know how incorrect you are about it.

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Would you do me a favor and explain the context then?

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But Jesus said the poor would be with you always, and Paul said if you don't work you shouldn't eat; therefore, working together to meet common needs is from the devil. Also, Trump.